Ray Elman has participated in the Provincetown Art Colony since 1970, welcomed by older artists and writers when he was at the tender age of 25. Over the years, in addition to making art and exhibiting on the Outer Cape, New York and elsewhere, he has served as a Trustee and Officer of the Provincetown Art Association & Museum, as President of the Provincetown Group Gallery, as board member of the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, and as co-founder-publisher-editor of Provincetown Arts magazine.